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WANNABEE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wannabee mean? 

WANNABEE (noun)
  The noun WANNABEE has 1 sense:

1. an ambitious and aspiring young personplay

  Familiarity information: WANNABEE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WANNABEE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An ambitious and aspiring young person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

aspirant; aspirer; hopeful; wannabe; wannabee

Context example:

the audience was full of Madonna wannabes

Hypernyms ("wannabee" is a kind of...):

applicant; applier (a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission)


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